Director of Engineering
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Director of Engineering at AeroVironment responsible for product lifecycle management and engineering teams. Leading feature development, investigations, and strategic planning for aerospace solutions.
Responsibilities:
- The Director of Engineering is responsible for all technical aspects of products and leads a team of engineers to develop and sustain products throughout the product lifecycle.
- The Director will lead the development of new features and improvements as well as lead failure investigations.
- The Director works with Product Line Managers to develop product roadmaps to meet customer requirements.
- Develops and leads a motived multi-disciplined engineering organization
- Drives a disciplined engineering approach to evaluating/testing/choosing new technologies
- Sets standards for trade study and objective analyses which enable a review and adjudication of varying concepts
- Chairs major development milestones, such as CoDR, SRR, Analysis of Alternatives (AoA)
- Effectively plans and manages engineering budgets and project objectives consistent with Product Roadmaps
- Manages the engineering resources and staffing level consistent with the business's strategic plan & AOP
- Provides technical coaching/mentoring to team and employees
- Interfaces with supply chain on all technical matters
- Participates in technical evaluations of internal and external technologies in support of business objectives
- Coordinates IRAD & CRAD projects
- Creates and promotes an environment where our engineers and employees can grow professionally and become the BEST at what they do
- Consults MUAS leaders to establish strategic plans and objectives
- Regularly interacts with executives and/or major customers.
- Interactions frequently involve special skills, such as negotiating with customers or management or attempting to influence senior level leaders regarding matters of significance to the organization
- Develops, implements and continuously improves engineering tools, best practices
- Able to travel up to 25% of the time
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in relevant Engineering discipline (Manufacturing, Mechanical, Aerospace, etc.) is required or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience; Advanced degree is preferred.
- Minimum of 8 – 12 years of demonstrated experience in aerospace product design and sustainment.
- Experience with drawings and BOMs; Engineering Change systems; Quality systems for non-conforming parts and corrective action.
- Experience with product manufacturing and product configuration processes.
- Experience leading a multi-disciplinary team in an engineering environment.
- Project Management Experience a plus
- Experienced and proficient with MS Office applications and other office productivity tools
Benefits:
- medical
- dental vision
- 401K with company matching
- a 9/80 work schedule
- a paid holiday shutdown
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